Routs Collection

Alexander Issus 333Bc
At Issus (near Iskanderun in Turkey) Alexander routs a vast horde of Asiatics and mercenaries, driving Darius, King of Persia, from the field

Ottoman Wars / Vienna
John III Sobieski, king of Poland, attacks the Turkish army under Kara Mustapha Pashs besieging Vienna, and though outnumbered 2 to 1 routs it and saves the city

BATTLE OF MAIDA (Portugal) The bayonet charge by the British expeditionary force routs the French Date: 4 July 1806

Alexander V Darius
At Issus (near Iskanderun in Turkey) Alexander routs a vaste horde of Asiatics and mercenaries, driving Darius, king of Persia, from the field

Wwi / Uhlan Patrol / 1914
A Belgian armoured car routs an Uhlan patrol

Spanish. Suc. War / Ramilles
BATTLE OF FONTENOY The duke of Cumberland successfully routs the French, but the failure of his Dutch allies leads eventually to a defeat

Siege of Vienna 1683
SIEGE OF VIENNA 138 thousand Turks are besieging Vienna when John Sobieski III of Poland comes to the rescue and routs the Turks with enormous losses

Devaux in Egypt
Near the mouth of the Nile, colonel Devaux routs an Ottoman force

Beurnonville Jemappes
Beurnonvilles decisive cavalry charge routs the Austrians and wins the day for France

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Throughout history, the term 'rout' has been synonymous with military disaster. From the ancient battles of Alexander the Great at Issus (333 BC), where Darius' Persian army was routed, to the Ottoman Wars and the failed siege of Vienna in 1683, the fate of armies have been changed by the chaos and confusion of a rout. The Battle of Worcester in 1651 saw the English army, led by the Cromwellian New Model Army, rout the Royalists. In the East, the British expeditionary force in the Battle of Maida (1806) in Portugal used the bayonet charge to rout the French. The Uhlan Patrol of World War I in 1914 was famously routed by the German forces, leading to significant losses. The Spanish Succession War saw the Battle of Ramilles (1706), where the French army, led by Marshal Villeroy, was routed by the Allied forces. In Egypt, the French army under General Devaux was routed in 1798. The Battle of Jemappes in 1792 saw the Austrian army, led by the Duke of Coburg, routed by the French forces under the command of the Duke of Bouillon. Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, is known to have routed numerous enemy armies during his conquests. The terror of a military rout, with its potential for devastating losses and strategic reversals, has haunted the annals of warfare throughout history.